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Notes to Chapter Nine
Palestinian legal adviser to the Ruler of Dubai and Secretary-General of
the Trucial Stales Development Council.
35 The members and their aides were: for Abu Dhabi: Shaikh Ahmad bin
Hamad. Khalaf bin Ahmad al Otaibah, Otaibah bin 'Abdullah al
Otaibah, Muhammad bin Khallfah al Kindi; for Bahrain: Yusuf al
Shirawi. Muhammad Jabir al Ansari, Jasim Bu' Alay, Habib Qasim; for
Qatar: Shaikh Khalifah bin Hamad (who later became Ruler), 'Ali al
Ansari, 'Ali Jaidah, and later this delegation was joined by Mubarak bin
'Ali Abu Khatir; for Dubai: Shaikh Maktum bin Rashid, Ahmad bin
Sulayyim, and later also Juma'h al Majid and Majid al Futaim; for Umm
al Qaiwain: Shaikh Sultan bin Ahmad Al Mu'alla and Rashid bin
Hamad Sultan; for Ra’s al Khaimah: Shaikh Khalid bin Saqr Al Qasimi,
Ahmad bin Sa'Id Ghabash, 'Abdullah bin Ahmad Sirhan, and Muham­
mad 'Abdul Rahman Abu Qasldah; for Sharjah: Shaikh Muhammad bin
Sultan al Qasimi, Muhammad bin 'Ubaid al Shamisi, and Tariam
'Umran; for Fujairah: Shaikh Hamad bin Saif, 'Abdullah ’Abdul
Rahman bin Faris; for 'Ajman: Shaikh Humaid bin Rashid, Hamad bin
Muhammad bin Shihab, Muhammad Rahmah al 'Amiri, 'Abdullah
'Amin; sec Federation of Arab Emirates, Department of Information,
Abu Dhabi, October 1970, p. 4f and ARR, issue 13, 1-15 July 1968.
36 See ARR, issue 17, 1-15 September 1968.
37 See ARR, issue 14, 16-31 July 1968.
38 The latter provision prompted the Ruler of Abu Dhabi to underline in an
interview broadcast on the eve of his visit to Iran by Cairo Radio on 3
November 1968 that, the planned build-up of the Abu Dhabi Defence
Force “represents support for the Federation and strength for the
Arabian Gulf Animates”. See ARR, issue 21, 1-15 November 1968.
39 ibid.
40 After an initial hitch because Abu Dhabi had objected to the meeting
being held again in Doha.
41 As mentioned above, one meeting was held in Sharjah on 26 to 28
November 1968; another one, due to be held in Dubai on 28 January
1969, was postponed until 4 March 1969; this meeting’s time was mostly
taken up in reviewing reports of the specialised committees; the third
meeting was in 'Ajman on 1 and 2 April 1969.
42 See ARR, issue 21,1-15 November and issue 24,16-31 December 1968.
43 Iran’s attitude to Bahrain was indeed mellowing, and in an interview in
Delhi on 4 January 1969 when the Shah was asked about the possibility
of holding a referendum in Bahrain he said that anything which would
serve to find out "the will of the people” would be welcome; see ARR,
issue 1, 1-15 January 1969.
44 Ra’s al Khaimah’s Ruler had a grievance because some tribesmen with
whom he had quarrelled had emigrated to Abu Dhabi; he was

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